“We… have cause to fear, not that the kingdom of God should become extinct, but lest it should be taken from us, and given to a nation that would bring forth the fruits of it.”

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On Making Confession of Sins

Intro

James 5:16 says, ‘Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.’

If we sin against another, we ought confess that sin to the person we sinned against, and pray for each other. If we commit private sins, or feel the weight of our sinfulness, it is also good to confess that to other trusted brothers or sisters in the Lord in order to find help.

Romanism, through time, twisted this Biblical teaching into one being obligated to use a confessional to a ‘priest’, with the attendant corruptions of sacramentalism and the ‘priests’ forgiving people’s sins.